Here are nine spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.
Neurosurgeon Dawn Tartaglione, DO, was named president of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.
Clayton E. Turner, MD, joined Wyoming Medical Center's Advantage Orthopedics and Neurosurgery in Casper.
Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems welcomed Joseph F. Emrich, MD, to its neurosurgery team.
DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina Del Rey, Calif., added orthopedic spine surgeon Rojeh Melikian, MD, to its team.
Robert J. Blok Jr., DO, joined the physician team at Laser Spine Institute in Cincinnati.
Spine surgeons Atif Malif, MD, Sandeep Sherlekar, MD, and Said Osman, MD, returned to the United States after a humanitarian mission trip to provide care to Iraqi patients.
Neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, MD, reported he successfully completed a head transplant on a monkey at Harbin Medical University in China.